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Martial Art Styles
Styles ~ Systems ~ Types
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Venezuela
El Juego del Garrote

Asian Martial Arts
China
(Chinese Kung Fu)
Bafaquan (八法拳) - Eight Methods
Baguazhang (八卦掌; Bagua Zhang) - Eight Trigrams Palm
Bajiquan (八極拳) - Eight Extremes Fist
Bak Mei (白眉拳) - White Eyebrow
Chaquan (查拳) - Cha Fist
Changquan (長拳) - Long Fist
Chuo Jiao (戳腳) - Poking Feet
Choy Gar (蔡家) - Choi Family style,
Choy Li Fut (蔡李佛; Càilǐfó)
Dachengquan (大成拳) - Great Achievement Boxing (Yiquan)
Ditangquan (地躺拳) - Ground-Prone Fist, Ground Tumbling Boxing
Alphabetical List of martial art styles, arranged by region & country

African Martial Arts
Egypt
Tahtib (Egyptian Stick Fencing)
Kuta (Ancient Egyptian Fist Fighting)

Ethiopia
Surma stickfighting

Nigeria
Dambe

South Africa
Nguni Stick Fighting
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Brazil
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Capoeira
Luta Livre
Maculele
Vale Tudo

Canada
Defendo
Wen-Do
Okichitaw

Colombia
La Mano Negra (Manegra)
Mexico
Lucha Libre
Atlatl
Macuahuitl
Tepoztopilli
Aztec warfare

Peru
Rumi Maki
Bakom/Vacón

United States
American Karate
American Kenpo
Shootfighting
American kickboxing
Musangwe

Senegal
Laamb Wrestling

Somalia
Istunka

Sudan
Nuba fighting

Togo
Evala wrestling

North & South American Martial Arts
Bolivia
Tinku
Bojuka
Bok Fu
Close Quarters Combat
Chun Kuk Do
Collegiate Wrestling
Collegiate Fencing
Danzan-ryū
Gaidojutsu
Jeet Kune Do
Kajukenbo
Kapu Kuialua
Lua
Marine Corps Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts
Model Mugging
Modern Army Combatives
Pit Fighting
S.C.A.R.S. (military)
Shinkendo
Sli Beatha
Small Circle Jujutsu
SPEAR System
Toso Kune Do
Do Pai (道派) - Style of the Way
Dragon Kung Fu (Lung Ying) (龍形拳)
Duan Quan (短拳) - Short Range Boxing
Emeiquan (峨嵋拳, O Mei Ch'uan)
Fanziquan (翻子拳) - Overturning Fist, Tumbling Boxing
Five Ancestors (五祖拳) - Wuzuquan or Ngo Cho Kun
Five Animals (五形)
Fujian White Crane (福建白鶴拳) - also known as Bai He Quan (白鶴拳)
Fu Jow Pai (虎爪派) - Tiger Claw System
Fut Gar (佛家)- Buddhist Palm
Gouquan (狗拳) - Dog Fist
Hakka Kuen (客家拳)
Hap Ga (俠家)
Houquan (猴拳) - Monkey Fist Drunken Monkey (醉猴)
Heihuquan (黑虎拳) - Black Tiger Kung Fu (黑虎拳)
Hong Cha
Hsing-i Ch'uan (形意拳; Xingyiquan) - Form & Intent Boxing
Huaquan (華拳) - China Fist
Hung Fut (洪佛) - Hung and Buddha style kung fu
Hung Gar (洪家拳; also known as Hung Ga or Hung Kuen)
I Liq Chuan (意力拳) - Mind-Body Art
Jing Quan Do (精拳道) - a modern synthetic style
Jing Wu Men (精武門) - Jing Wu, a famous school founded in Shanghai that teaches several different styles
Jow-Ga Kung Fu (周家) - Jow family style
Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do (振藩截拳道) - Bruce Lee's Way of the Intercepting Fist
Kenpo - Japanese description of various Chinese arts
Kuntao (拳道 or 拳頭) - Way of the Fist, a Hokkien term referring to Chinese martial arts practiced in Southeast Asia and in Indonesia in particular
Lai Tung Pai- Shaolin Style that mixes long and short fist
Lama Pai (喇嘛派)
Leopard Kung Fu (豹拳)
Li Gar (李家) - Li Family or Lee Family style
Liuhebafa Chuan (六合八法; Liu He Ba Fa) - Six Harmonies, Eight Methods or Water Boxing
Liu Seong Kuntao (Liu Seong Chuan Fa) - Chinese art with Indonesian influence, practiced primarily in the United States
Luohan Quan (羅漢拳) Arhat Boxing, Loh Han Kuen
Mei Hua Quan (梅花拳 Plum Blossom Fist)
Mian Quan (棉花拳擊 Cotton Boxing)
Mizongyi (迷蹤拳; Mízōngquán) - Lost Track Fist (also known as My Jong Law Horn; 迷蹤羅漢拳)
Mok Gar (莫家拳) Mok family style
Monkey Kung Fu see Houquan(猴拳)
Nam Pai Chuan (南北拳) - North South Fist
Nan Quan (南拳) - Southern Fist
Ng Ga Kuen - Five Family/Five Animal style (Hung, Mok, Li, Choy, Fut)
Northern Praying Mantis (北派螳螂拳)
Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Bei Shaolin
Paochui (炮捶) - Cannon Fist, Sanhaung Paochui
Piguaquan (劈掛拳) - Chop-Hitch Fist, Axe-hitch boxing
Sanshou (散手) or Sanda (散打) - Free Fighting
San Soo (散手)
Shaolin Quan (少林拳)
Shequan (蛇拳) - Snake Fist
Shuai Chiao (摔跤; Shuaijiao) - Chinese and Mongolian styles of wrestling
Southern Praying Mantis (南派螳螂拳) Chow Gar (周家)- Chow Style Southern Praying Mantis
Tai Chi Chuan (太極拳 Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan) - Supreme Ultimate fist
{Chen,Yang,Wu/Hao,Wu,Sun style tai chi chuan}
Tantui (彈腿/譚腿) - Springing legs style
Tibetan White Crane (白鶴派)
Tien Shan Pai (天山派)
Tongbeiquan (通背拳) - Through-the-Back Fist
Wing Chun (詠春 or 永春)
Wudangquan (武當拳)
Yau Kung Mun (软功門) - Flexible-Power Style
Yingzhaoquan (鷹爪拳) - Eagle Claw Fist
Yuejiaquan (岳家拳) - Yue family Fist/Boxing
Yiquan (意拳; I Ch'uan) - Mind Boxing
Zi Ran Men (自然门) - Natural Boxing or "fist of nature"
Zui Quan - Drunken Boxing

Cambodia
Bokator
Kbachkun boraan
Kbachkun Dambong-veng
Khmer traditional wrestling
Pradal Serey

India
Indian Martial Arts
Shastar Vidiya
Gatka (ਗਤਕਾ)
Pehlwani (Hindi: पहलवानी; or kushti;Hindi कुश्ती)
Inbuan Wrestling
Kalaripayat (കളരിപയറ്റ്) Central,Northern & Southern style
Lathi (लाठी)
Malla-yuddha (मल्लयुद्)
Musti yuddha
Mukna (মুকনা)
Sarit Sarak (সরিত সরকার)
Silambam (சிலம்பம்) Kuttu Varisai (குத்துவரிசை)
Varma Kalai (வர்மக்கலை)
Thang-Ta
Vajra-musti

Indonesia
Pencak silat
Kuntao
Silat Bakti Negara
Perisai Diri

Japan
Japanese Martial Arts
Aikido (合気道/合氣道)
Ashihara kaikan (芦原会館)
Bōjutsu (棒術)
Battojutsu (抜刀術)
Budōkan (武道館)
Bujinkan (武神館)
Daido Juku
Daito-ryū aiki-jujutsu (大東流合気柔術/大東流合氣柔術)
Enshin kaikan (円心会館)
Gensei-ryū (玄制流)
Goshin Jujitsu (護身柔術)
Hakkō-ryū (八光流)
Iaido(居合道、居合術 Iaijutsu)
Jōdō (杖道)
Jūkendō (銃剣道?)
Japanese kickboxing
Jigen-ryū (示現流)
Judo (柔道)
Jujutsu (柔術、Jiujitsu, Jujitsu)
Juttejutsu (十手術?)
Kendo (剣道)
Kenjutsu (剣術)
Kenpo (拳法)
Kokondo (古今道 空手)
Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo
Kyūdō (弓道)
Kyokushin kaikan (極新会館)
Nanbudo
Ninjutsu
Nippon Kempo
Pancrase
Puroresu
Seido juku (誠道塾)
Seidokaikan (正道会館)
Seishinkai (聖心会)
Shoot Boxing
Shooto
Shootfighting
Shoot wrestling
Shōtōkai (松濤會)
Shōtōkan-ryū (松濤館流)
Shūdōkan (修道館)
Shūkōkai (修交会)
Shindō jinen-ryū (神道自然流)
Shitō-ryū (糸東流)
Shuri-ryū (首里流)
sumo wrestling
Taido
Taijutsu
Takeda Ryu Nakamura Ha
Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū (天神真楊流?)
Toyama-ryū
Wado-ryū (和道流)
Yoseikan Budo
Yoseikan-ryū (養正館流)

Korea
Choi Kwang-Do
GongKwon Yusul
Gwonbeop
Gyongdang
Haidong Gumdo
Han Mu Do
Hankido
Hapkido
Hwa Rang Do
Kuk Sool Won
Kumdo
Kung Jung Mu Sul
Shippalgi
Ssireum
Subak
Taekkyeon
Taekwondo
Tang soo do
Yusul

Laos
Muay Lao

Malaysia
Silat Melayu Lian padukan
Seni Gayung Fatani
Silat Cekak
Silat Medan
Tomoi

Mongolia
Bokh

Myanmar
Bando
Banshay
Lethwei
Naban

Okinawa
Karate
Kobudo
Shuri-te
Tegumi

Pakistan
Pehlwani (Urdu پہلوانی or kushti; Urdu کشتی)

Philippines
Arnis/Eskrima/Kali
Buno
Dumog
Kombatan
Latigo y Daga
Modern Arnis
Pananjakman
Panantukan
Sikaran

Singapore
Lungwu Quan (龙武拳)

Sri Lanka
Cheena di

Thailand
Krabi Krabong (กระบี่-กระบอง)
Lerdrit (เลิศฤทธิ์)
Muay Boran (มวยโบราณ)
Muay Thai (มวยไทย)
Silat Pattani

Tibet
Boabom

Vietnam
Viet Vo Dao/ Việt Võ Đạo - Vovinam (越武道)
Vovinam
Tay Son
Qwan Ki Do (Quán Khí Đạo)
Cuong Nhu
Vo Thuat
Nhat Nam
Binh Dinh/ Bình Định
Thang Long/ Thăng Long

Caribbean Martial Arts
Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
Kalinda (also Kalenda or Calinda)

Cuba
El Juego de Maní

Barbados
Bajan stick licking

European Martial Arts
General
Amateur Wrestling
Archery
Fencing
Historical European martial arts
Jousting
Freestyle fighting
Freestyle Wrestling
Mixed martial arts

France
Baton Francais
Gouren
Greco-Roman wrestling
Kinomichi
La Canne
Savate
French school of fencing

Georgia
Khridoli

Germany
German Ju-Jutsu
German school of fencing
Kampfringen
Nindokai
Unifight

Greece
Pygmachia (Ancient Greek Boxing)
Pale (Ancient Greek wrestling)
Pankration (Ancient Greek Hybrid Combat Sport)

Ireland
Bataireacht
Collar-And-Elbow Wrestling

Italy
Italian school of swordsmanship
Roman Wrestling

Poland
Combat 56

Portugal
Jogo do Pau

Russia
Sambo
Russian fist fighting
Systema
Spetsnaz GRU hand-to-hand combat style
Army hand-to-hand fight

Serbia
Real Aikido
Svebor
Narodno rvanje

Scotland
Dirk Dance
Scottish Backhold

Spain
Canarian Wrestling
Destreza
Juego del Palo
Keysi Fighting Method
Yawara-Jitsu
Zipota

Switzerland
Schwingen
Sea Jousting

Ukraine
Combat Hopak

United Kingdom
Bare-knuckle boxing - (London Prize Ring rules)
Bartitsu
Boxing - (Marquess of Queensberry rules)
KickBoxing
Catch Wrestling
Chess boxing
Cornish Wrestling
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling
Defendu
Devon wrestling
Lancashire wrestling
Quarterstaff
Singlestick
Spirit Combat

Scandinavian Martial Arts
Iceland
Glima

Norway
Stav

Oceanian Martial Arts
Australia
Zen Do Kai

New Zealand
Mau Rakau

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Martial Arts
Iran
Koshti
Pahlavani
Kung Fu To'a

Israel
Kapap
Krav Maga

Kazakhstan
Kazakh martial arts

Turkey
Yağlı güreş
Jereed
Turkish archery
Köräş
Amarok

Uzbekistan
Kurash

United Arab Emirates
Yowla

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